Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oregon and Wisconsin Earn Weekly Football Honors

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Following Week 6 contests, the Big Ten Conference Football Players of the Week Presented by IFS.ai were announced Monday. Below are this week’s honorees: 

Co-Offensive Player of the Week 
Kurtis Rourke, Indiana
QB – Sr. – Oakville, Ontario– Holy Trinity

• Completed 25-of-33 passes for 380 yards and three touchdown passes to help Indiana become the first bowl eligible team in the nation 
• Posted fourth game in 2024 with multiple touchdown passes and no interceptions to help IU to its first win at Northwestern since 1993
• Becomes the first Indiana quarterback with three or more touchdowns in three Big Ten games in a single season since 1967
• Last Indiana Offensive Player of the Week: Kurtis Rourke (Sept. 16, 2024)

Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State
WR – Gr. – Steilacoom, Wash. – Steilacoom

• Caught a career-high tying nine passes for 71 yards and a career-high three touchdowns, leading Ohio State to a 35-7 victory over Iowa 
• Scored on a 14-yard reception for the only points for either team in the first half
• Added touchdown grabs of 15 and three yards in the second half to help extend Ohio State’s lead to 35-0
• Last Ohio State Offensive Player of the Week: Marvin  Harrison Jr. (Oct. 23, 2023)

Defensive Player of the Week
Jordan Burch, Oregon
DE – Sr. – Columbia, S.C. – Hammond School

• Led the Ducks in Oregon's 31-10 win over Michigan State with a career-high 2.5 sacks, four tackles and a fumble recovery
• First Duck since 2007 to record at least 2.5 sacks in a game at Autzen Stadium
• Now tied for the Big Ten lead with a team- and career-high 5.0 sacks on the season
• First Oregon Defensive Player of the Week honoree

Special Teams Player of the Week 
Brian Buschini, Nebraska 
P – Sr. – Helena, Mont. – Capital

• Averaged 50.2 yards on five punts, including punts of 61 yards (into 25 mph wind) and 69 yards, to help the Huskers defeat Rutgers, 14-7
• His 69-yard punt pinned Rutgers inside their own 15-yard line in the game's final minutes and helped Nebraska secure the victory
• Also chipped in with his arm, throwing a 30-yard completion on a fake punt in the third quarter to extend a Nebraska drive
• Last Nebraska Special Teams Players of the Week: Quinton Newsome (Oct. 30, 2023)

Freshman of the Week 
Trech Kekahuna, Wisconsin
WR – Honolulu, Hawaii – Bishop Gorman

• Caught six passes for 134 yards and a pair of touchdowns to help the Badgers defeat Purdue, 52-6
• Hauled in his first-career touchdown on a 69-yard catch and run to open the second-half scoring versus the Boilermakers
• His 134 yards were the most for a Badger WR since Will Pauling tallied 143 in the ReliaQuest Bowl versus LSU (Jan. 1, 2024) and the most in a Big Ten game since Chimere Dike totaled 185 in a victory versus Northwestern on Oct. 8, 2022
• Last Wisconsin Freshman of the Week: Braedyn Locke (Oct. 23, 2023)

2024 Big Ten Football Players of the Week (presented by IFS.ai)
Sept. 2
O: Miller Moss, R-Jr., QB, USC
D: Kevin Winston Jr., Jr., S, PSU
ST: Mateen Bhaghani, So., K, UCLA
ST: Dominic Zvada, Jr., K, MICH
F: Dylan Raiola, Fr., QB, NEB

Sept. 9
O: Kyle Monangai, Sr., RB, RU
D: Xavier Scott, Jr., DB, ILL
ST: Tez Johnson, Sr., WR, ORE
F: Nick Marsh, Fr., WR, MSU

Sept. 16
O: Kurtis Rourke, Sr., QB, IND
D: Dante Trader Jr., Sr., DB, MD
ST: Atticus Sappington, Jr., K, ORE
F: Kerry Brown, R-Fr., DB, MINN

Sept. 23
O: Kaleb Johnson, Jr., RB, IOWA 
O: Luke Altmyer, Jr., QB, ILL 
D: Josaiah Stewart, Sr., EDGE, MICH
ST: Tommy Doman, Sr., P, MICH
F: Khmori House, Fr., ILB, WASH

Sept. 30
O: Kalel Mullings, Sr., RB, MICH
O: Tez Johnson, Sr., WR, ORE
D: Abdul Carter, Jr., DE/LB, PSU
ST: Dominic Zvada, Jr., K, MICH
F: Jeremiah Smith, Fr., WR, OSU

Oct. 7
O: Kurtis Rourke, Sr., QB, IND
O: Emeka Egbuka, Gr., WR, OSU
D: Jordan Burch, Sr., DE, ORE
ST: Brian Buschini, Sr., P, NEB
F: Trech Kekahuna, WR, WIS